The number of guns being carried into Oklahoma airports is rising above pre-pandemic levels, even as passenger volume is yet to fully recover. In 2021, 95 guns were detected at security checkpoints of three Oklahoma airports — Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Tulsa International Airport and Stillwater Regional Airport. This is an increase over 82 and 84 guns detected in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Delivery of The Shawnee News-Star’s Weekender edition will change days starting next weekend, March 26-27, 2022. Instead of home deliveries on Saturday morning, the Weekender edition will be delivered on Sunday morning.
For decades, Harrah has been just a small, quaint city on the far reaches of eastern Oklahoma County. After its statehood-era incorporation, six decades passed before its population reached 2,000 residents.
In 2020, many businesses were forced to lay-off workers The pandemic has caused individuals to rethink their career aspirations and life purpose. Workers are quitting their jobs at a record rate. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly four million Americans left their jobs in July. Resignations peaked April. Resignation rates are highest among mid-career employees. Those between the ages of 30 and 45 have shown the greatest increase in resignation rates. Perhaps the quitting of jobs is due to some combination of the burn-out of having to “do more with less,” COVID fatigue, and a desire for a more purposeful life. Anthony Klutz, an organizational psychologist and professor at Texas A&M, coined this phenomenon The Great Resignation. A shortage of workers has meant that employers are forced to pay more to attract workers. However, jobs are still going unfilled. This article examines how today’s leaders can improve employee job satisfaction for better employee retention and recruitment in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Spinning Spool Quilt Guild hosted its quilt camp Feb. 18-20.
Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. March 24 The Shawnee Ministerial Association (SMA) bringing back the Community Ecumenical Lenten Worship Series.
Republican legislators in Oklahoma are pursuing legislation that could make it harder for state questions to get on the ballot and pass. GOP lawmakers have advanced a slate of joint resolutions to change Oklahoma’s initiative petition process by which citizens can put state questions before voters.
In a Republican state where GOP politicians occupy all of the highest offices, there’s usually few issues on which top elected officials disagree. But a controversial bill that would spend taxpayer dollars to fund private-school costs has divided Republican elected officials and their constituents.
JUNEAU, Alaska – Simmering public anger in Alaska over the legislature’s failure to settle the state’s most radioactive issue – how big a check residents should receive from the state’s oil wealth fund – is colliding with a once-adecade opportunity for political activists: The chance for voters to call a convention to amend the state’s constitution.
You’ve seen the pictures. A mother carrying a child bundled in blue, her eyes fixed on nothing, her expression withdrawn. A young girl on the train, palms pressed against the window as she looks longingly at the father who will not board. A pregnant woman on a stretcher holding her swollen belly, smoke rising from the shelled-out maternity hospital behind her. The world learned the woman had died, and the baby never got to breathe.